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ʾelqānā אֶלְקָנָה ‘Elkanah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾēl אֵל ‘god’ and qānā קָנָה ‘to buy’
Roots: אל קנה

ʾelqānā pr n m pers
Elkanah = "God has possessed" or "God has created"
1) Samuel's father
2) a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz
3) one of David's mighty warriors
4) son of Korah
5) several Levites

Mentioned in Exodus 6:24 1 Samuel 1:1, 1:8, 1:21, 1:23, 1:19, 1:4, 2:11, 2:20 1 Chronicles 6:8, 6:10, 6:12, 6:19, 6:11, 6:20, 6:21, 9:16, 12:7, 15:23 2 Chronicles 28:7

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